diff --git a/mopidy/commands.py b/mopidy/commands.py
index a5d821b4..c5ca0236 100644
--- a/mopidy/commands.py
+++ b/mopidy/commands.py
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ def config_files_type(value):
 
 def config_override_type(value):
     try:
-        return config_lib.parse_override(value)
+        section, remainder = value.split(b'/', 1)
+        key, value = remainder.split(b'=', 1)
+        return (section.strip(), key.strip(), value.strip())
     except ValueError:
         raise argparse.ArgumentTypeError(
             '%s must have the format section/key=value' % value)
diff --git a/mopidy/config/__init__.py b/mopidy/config/__init__.py
index e4723b15..0d9b9e7a 100644
--- a/mopidy/config/__init__.py
+++ b/mopidy/config/__init__.py
@@ -140,13 +140,6 @@ def _format(config, comments, schemas, display):
     return b'\n'.join(output)
 
 
-def parse_override(override):
-    """Parse ``section/key=value`` command line overrides"""
-    section, remainder = override.split(b'/', 1)
-    key, value = remainder.split(b'=', 1)
-    return (section.strip(), key.strip(), value.strip())
-
-
 class Proxy(collections.Mapping):
     def __init__(self, data):
         self._data = data